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I'm gonna be buyin a few of the poppers they look sweet

I had mine on a 6'6 ml st croix triumph for about 2 years and it worked great for fishing small plastics and small topwater poppers. cant necessarily recommend a rod in that price range but if you're willing to spend a few more bucks i'd check out the triumph. its a solid rod for the money

i've got the 30 size and its nowhere near too big. especially if you use braid you'll be able to fit a ton of line on there and it holds up really well for smallmouth fishing (shaky heads, drop shots, light jig and grubs). if you're gonna be fishing in tight areas like under bridges and stuff like that I would definitely go with a shorter rod, but if you aren't, I would honestly go with something longer just for the added sensitivity and casting distance

18+ in smallmouth is worth a picture. bass that are over 4 lbs are usually big for me in northern wi. just gotta find the right lakes

For fall I usually go with a smaller swim jig or an 1/8th oz hair jig. just try to move them both slow and wait for the bite. Use light line!!

roboworm and stankx bait

I'd go with anything that you normally finesse fish with. 90% of the time im throwing a shaky head, dropshot, or tube for smallmouth, other 10% is spinnerbaits, cranks, and jigs

*** is great. 7'1 med heavy is a great all around rod

what kinda line you got on your reel? I can fish weightless wacky rigged senkos on a medium casting rod, but I usually fish them on a spinning rod because I can bomb them a mile and a half

st croix triumph, its about 20 dollars over your price range tho

gonna be up in rhinelander/lake tomahawk later this month and over columbus day weekend, anybody have any tips for fall fishin up north?

1/4 - 3/8, try to find something in natural colors, not a lot of people make green pumpkin or watermelon colored spinnerbaits, but the few that do are pretty nice

1. finish college, become a firefighter/paramedic 2. get a new boat

swing jigs or spinnerbaits, both of them work all year long

i gotta say i bought a pflueger president a year ago and its been great for dropshotting and shaky heads. haven't oiled the thing up at all and its still as smooth as the day i got it.